_ by PRC_ Stephanie Taymuree has witnessed huge advances in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) during her nearly 40 years as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) and special educator, and her implementation of AAC technology in the classroom is unrivaled. But she still finds it thrilling when a student embra...

_ By Marianna du Bosq, Sep 6, 2015 | Bilingual Parenting, Learning English, Learning Spanish, Multilingual Kids, Multilingual Parenting, Raising Multicultural Kids_ Whenever I am asked how to teach and maintain a child’s language proficiency, I always refer to the two “key ingredients,” providing enough exposur...

By Abigail Brown, PRC Ambassador It’s amazing to see how God has worked in my life the past four years—not only in my physical life but also in my spiritual life. On August 31, 2011, I had surgery on my legs. My bones were twisted. During the previous year I had been hurting when I walked, so I had this surgery to s...

By Cynthia Heryanto, M.S. CCC-SLP, Regional Consultant for Prentke Romich Company Since it is the beginning of the school year, I thought it would be great to consider how we can make the most out of one of the most common and nearly universal classroom routines- calendar time (or circle time). We all know too well th...

By Jacob MacAinsh, student Jacob My name is Jacob. I am 14 years old. I go to school at Belleville East High School in Illinois. I’m using my iPad to talk. I like to play games during my free time. I like to play on the Wii. I like to play Pokemon. It’s a show and a game. I like to play it alone and with my dad. Playi...

By Russell T. Cross, Director of Clinical Applications, PRC As a parent and grandparent, I’m always keen to help my kids achieve their best. More specifically, I want to see them improve over time. Years ago, if my daughter started the swim season with a time of 2 minutes to swim 100m and ended at 1 minute and 30 sec...